The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . Rev. John B. Jordan. THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN. 2 19. Freewill Baptist Church. insurance. But the people had a mindto work, and in just thirteen months —November, 187S — the present edificewas dedicated, free of debt. It standson the original site, with seating capacityfor seven hundred, has modern furnish-ings, and represents $15,000. The church has encouraged long pas-torates. That of the Rev. Lewis Mal-vern was in two installments, whichaggregated about twenty
The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . Rev. John B. Jordan. THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN. 2 19. Freewill Baptist Church. insurance. But the people had a mindto work, and in just thirteen months —November, 187S — the present edificewas dedicated, free of debt. It standson the original site, with seating capacityfor seven hundred, has modern furnish-ings, and represents $15,000. The church has encouraged long pas-torates. That of the Rev. Lewis Mal-vern was in two installments, whichaggregated about twenty years, duringwhich the new sanctuary was built andthe working power of the church greatlyincreased. His immediate successor, theRev. John B. Jordan, began his pastor-ate with September, 1897. He is notonly sustaining the congregation, whichfrequently taxes the full capacity of theauditorium, but is adding families to hisparish, members to his church, and effi-ciency to all departments of Christianwork. He is also a potent factor of thereligions commonwealth at large. The church is a fair exponent of whata Congregational clergyman once as-serted of the denomination which itre
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